CEDAR CITY, Utah – The UT Arlington women's basketball team (13-12, 9-6 WAC) look to push their winning streak to an even four games when they take on Southern Utah (7-17, 5-10 WAC) on Wednesday night at 7:30 p.m. central time from inside the America First Events Center.
 

GAMEDAY INFORMATION
Game 26	UT Arlington (13-12, 9-6 WAC) at Southern Utah (7-17, 5-10 WAC)
Date | Time	Wednesday, Feb. 21 | 7:30 PM CT
Location	America First Events Center (5,300)
Video	ESPN+
Live Stats	SideArmStats
Tickets	TicketReturn.com
WAC Rankings	Standings | Seeding System

SERIES HISTORY
This will be the 4th overall meeting between the two programs, with their first matchup dating back to November of 2004. The Lady Mavs are a perfect 3-0 in the series, which includes a home victory earlier this season. This will be the second time the Lady Mavs have played in Cedar City.
 
SCOUTING SOUTHERN UTAH
The Thunderbirds have three players averaging double digits scoring led by Daylani Ballena who averages 15.3 PPG while dishing out 3.8 APG. Ava Uhrich averages 13.3 PPG along with a team-high 7.3 RPG. Samantha Johnson averages 10.2 points per contest.
 
'NET' SO FAST
With the non-conference slate over, the Lady Mavs hold the best Net-Non-Conference Strength of Schedule in the WAC. UTA is the only WAC team to crack the top-100, coming in at 78th. The Lady Mavs also have the best NET Strength of Schedule in the conference at 169. UTA also holds the 4th highest NET ranking (178) in the WAC, only behind Grand Canyon (86), California Baptist (131) and Stephen F. Austin (167).
 
ALL-AROUND HOOPER
Avery Brittingham has done a little bit of everything this season for the Lady Mavs. The senior out of Fort Worth leads the Lady Mavs in rebounding (199 total and 8.0 RPG), in total assists (100), second on the team in blocks (28), in minutes played per game (29), and third on the team in offense (299 total points and 12.0 PPG). In 25 games, she has eight double-doubles and one triple-double. The eight double-doubles not only leads the team but the WAC, while the latter has her 6th in the NCAA and 2nd in the WAC. Her triple-double came against her former team, SFA. She has been named one of the five U.S. Basketball Writers Association (USBWA) Ann Meyers Drysdale National Player of the Week once so far this season, this came for her performance seven weeks ago.
 
HAT TRICK
Lady Mavs junior guard Gia Adams earned her third straight WAC Newcomer of the Week honors after averaging 20.5 points, 3.5 rebounds, 2.0 assists, 1.5 steals and 0.5 blocks last week while going an impressive 17-of-22 from the floor and 5-of-7 from deep. She recorded 22 points, two rebounds, one assist, one block and one steal at Tarleton State. Adams then tallied 19 points, five rebounds, three assists and two steals while committing no turnovers at home against UTRGV.
 
On the season, Adams is the leading scorer for the Lady Mavs, averaging 14.1 points per game while also averaging 32 minutes played per game. Her 14.1 PPG is the 5th best mark in the WAC. She recently scored her 1000th career point, which came via a three pointer on the road at Grand Canyon. She is also tied for the team lead with 39 steals. Her 45.0 field goal percentage is 4th best in the WAC.
 
SHARPSHOOTERS
As a team, the Lady Mavs are shooting 33.0-percent from beyond the arc. This is the 2nd best mark in the conference and 96th overall in the nation. Overall, the Lady Mavs shoot 42.9-percent from the floor which is the 2nd best mark in the conference and 91st best mark in the NCAA.
 
Taliyah Clark leads UTA with 47 made three pointers on the season. Her 1.88 three pointers per game is 5th best in the WAC. She is 2nd on the team with 12.9 points per game and is third on the squad with 3.9 rebounds per game.
 
CZECH MATE
5th year transfer Adela Valkova has found her groove these past 16 games, posting double digits in all but five contests. Valkova is 4th on the team, averaging 9.4 points per game and is 2nd on the squad with 4.8 rebounds per game. Against Utah Tech, she grabbed her 100th rebound of the season. At Jacksonville State, she posted a career high 21 points to help lead the Lady Mavs to victory. Matched her career high of 8 rebounds three times, last coming at UTRGV while setting a new career high of 5 blocks at Utah Valley. Has posted at least one block in all but two of the past 10 games and has one block in all but six of the 25 games played this year. She has recorded two blocks in each of the past four games.
 
CRASH THE GLASS
The Lady Mavs average 36.20 rebounds per game, which is the 6th best mark in the WAC.They average 26.4 defensive rebounds per contest, which is the 3rd best mark in the conference and 95th best mark in the country.
 
Brittingham leads the conference with 199 total rebounds on the season, which has her 99th in the NCAA. Her 8.0 rebounds per game have her 2nd in the WAC and 103rd overall in the country.
 
IF IT'S FREE, IT'S FOR US
The Lady Mavs are one of the best teams in the country when it comes to getting to the free throw line, averaging 19.20 free throw attempts per game. This is the 64th best mark in the country and 3rd best in the WAC.
 
The 13.64 free throws made per game has the Lady Mavs 4th in the WAC and 72nd in the NCAA while their 71.0-percent from the charity stripe is the 6th best mark in the conference.
 
THE FACILITATORS
The Lady Mavs dish out the rock with the best of them in the WAC while also taking care of the ball. They average 15.3 assists per game which is the 3rd best mark in the WAC and the 60th best in the nation. Their assist-to-turnover ratio of 0.97 is the 4th best mark in the conference and 98th best in the NCAA.
 
Adams is 5th in the WAC in assist/turnover ratio (1.60), has 80 assists on the season averaging 3.2 assists per game. Brittingham checks in at the top of the leaderboard in conference in total assists with an even 100 on the year. She is 2nd in the WAC averaging 4.0 assists per game. Nya Threatt is third on the Lady Mavs with 71 assists on the season, averaging 2.84 assists a game. Threatt matched her career high and posted a season's best with seven assists two weeks ago versus CBU.
 
YOU'RE ALL INVITED TO THE BLOCK PARTY
The Lady Mavs average 4.1 blocks per game, which is tops in the WAC and 54th overall in the NCAA. Valkova leads the charge with 40 blocks on the season, which is 1st in the conference and 59th in the NCAA. She averages 1.60 blocks per game which is 1st in the WAC and 58th overall in the country. Meanwhile Brittingham has 28 blocks on the season which is the 3rd best mark in the WAC. She averages 1.12 blocks per contest which is 4th best in the WAC.
 
THE PRICE IS WRIGHT
Head coach Shereka Wright just overtook Cindy Salser (1976-79) for the sixth most wins in school history with 52 after a win against Tarleton State on Jan. 4. After the victory over Southern Utah, Wright now has 60 wins and trails Krista Gerlich (121), Donna Capps (119), Connie Kelch (117), Mike Dean (115) and Samantha Morrow (74). Wright's .577 winning percentage is the best in program history.
 
NEXT UP
The Lady Mavs end the road trip in the Beehive State at Utah Tech on Saturday, Feb. 24, with tipoff slated for 2 p.m. central time.
   
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